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TIL in 2013 there’s going to be a comet so bright that it may be visible during daylight hours.

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W6b4 TIL In the early 1970s, a schoolteacher England assigned a class science project in which his students were to find out the blood types of their parents to deduce their own blood types. Instead, 30 per cent of the students discovered their dads were not their biological fathers.
67YZ TIL According to the first item on its list of ingredients, Goldfish snack crackers are made with “smiles.”
wEmW TIL that Carrie Fisher was addicted to Cocaine during the filming of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and also survived an overdose
Lk1GP TIL that in 1999 Sergio Motsoeneng finished in the top 10 in famous Comrades Ultra-marathon by exchanging places with virtually identical brother Fika at toilet stops. Brothers were caught after a newspaper published photos showing them wearing watches on opposite wrists.
KOn4 TIL large penises were considered to be grotesque and comical in ancient Greek times.